Alcott, Louisa May.
Flower Fables.Boston. George W. Briggs & Company. 1855. - First Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 5 additional plates. Alcott's first book. Scarce: only 1600 copies printed. G+ in woven blue cloth stamped in gilt on the front boards and the spine. The gilt is dulled but attractive. With wear and heavy fraying to the top and bottom of the spine ends and the corners. Lightly edge-rubbed as well. The yellow endpapers are uniformly soiled and foxed, but the textural paper is white and clean throughout with an occasional spot of foxing. Overall, a good plus copy of this scarce work. First Edition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
[Bookseller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books]